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Aircraftman 1st Class

Horace Thomas Stevens

Service number 1065553
Military unit 1660 HCU Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Unknown
Date of birth 05 Jun 1915
Date of death 24 Jul 1941 (26 years old)
Place of birth Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

Worker as a driver.

Family history

Son of Henry John and Alice Stevens of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
In 1921 the family lived at 22 Thoresby Road, Mansfield Woodhouse. By 1939 Alice, now widowed was living at 179 Yorke Street, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Siblings: Ethel, 1900, Florence, 1906, Clarence, 1909 and Winifred, 1919.
In 1940 Horace married Maisie Taylor. Their son, Barrie, was born after Horace's death.

Military history

A dispatch rider based at Church Fenton.

Extra information

Horsce was killed on the 2nd July 1941 after the motorcycle he was riding was in collision with a furniture lorry. He was on duty at the time as a dispatch rider with the RAF. He died of his injuries at Pinderfield Hospital Wakefield.
Horace is buried at Mansfield Woodhouse Cemetery.

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